"We are yet to get yes or no from physio. He will have net session tomorrow. We will test his bowling tomorrow and will wait.
"He bowled a couple of overs with short run-up. He will bowl with full runup tomorrow and we will take a call," he said.
Concerned about his slow recovery from knee injury, the 2014 World T20 winning skipper handed the captaincy baton to the ODI and Test skipper Mathews just ahead of the tournament.
He last bowled against UAE and made an impact with his 4/26 which was instrumental in their only win in the recently concluded Asia Cup T20 in Bangladesh.
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